I previously mentioned a Garden Court report on Omar v Westminster. There is also a brief Times report here. The full judgment is now out on Bailii and is interesting. Omar v City of Westminster [2008] EWCA Civ 421 (03 March 2008) on reviewing suitability of...
Noted for their rigour
With grateful thanks to JacquiG at Bloody Relations. I couldn't resist, what with this apparently being exam season for the wannabe lawyers and all..
On use and abuse
Thanks to a reader, I have just noticed that another blog, albeit one now apparently defunct, had used significant chunks of a post of mine unaltered, without attribution and as if the material was theirs. I'm used to the spam blogs that rip off content in...
‛simply wrong-headed’
Apparently Wandsworth are very very unhappy with the Court of Appeal judgment in Wandsworth v Randall on underoccupation possessions via ground 16 HA 1985. So unhappy that they are lobbying Caroline Flint to change the law via the Housing and Regeneration...
Stack v Dowden revisited
The Court of Appeal has effectively given guidance on the application of Stack v. Dowden [2007] UKHL 17 where one is faced with a transfer into joint ownership and no express statements as to shares in the property in Fowler v Barron [2008] EWCA Civ 377 (23...
Possession orders and RTB
Honeygan-Green v London Borough of Islington [2008] EWCA Civ 363 (22 April 2008) A quick note on this Court of Appeal case. What happens when a secure tenant who has begun the right to buy process subsequently has a suspended possession order made against...
EU homeless and education
A Court of Appeal case, concerning eligiblity for housing assistance via EU status London Borough of Harrow v Ibrahim & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 386 (21 April 2008) The facts are, briefly, Mrs Ibrahim is a Somali national, married to a Danish national. He...
Falling property and other news
This week's award for literalism goes to William Lyttle. Mr Lyttle, apparently not realising that 'fall' and 'collapse' are usually metaphors when applied to property, spent 40 years excavating a labyrinth of tunnels under his Hackney property. Mr Lyttle,...
How not to pick a fight
Let us say you were a large US company, looking to throw around your intellectual property muscle for a quick buck by putting a licensing squeeze on small companies. If so, it is probably best not to pick on a small tech company headed by an ex-litigator...
Women's refuges and homelessness
Manchester City Council v Moran & Richards v Ipswich Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 378 This is a very important Court of Appeal judgment, which will have significant impact on Women's Refuges and women fleeing domestic violence. These were two appeals,...
Deposit scheme mandatory award
Just a quick note to say that Housed has a report on a County Court judgment on a claim for failure to put deposit in scheme and notify tenant within 14 days. (Stankova v. Glassonbury 10th March 2008, Gloucester County Court. Initial report apparently via...
Shala revisited?
London Borough of Wandsworth v Allison [2008] EWCA Civ 354 is a Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal from a s.204 Housing Act 1996 appeal. It was made in downright odd circumstances, as the respondent had won the s.204 appeal but then had public funding...